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Kettle, insert two column into one column


I'm just starting kettle I want to know how where I combine if I possessed two same column data (from excel) ex : the place of birth and home town into one column in table city in order to more clearly :

column in excel

  1. name
  2. place of birth
  3. current city ​

serve two tables

Table 1:

  1. id
  2. name
  3. (id city) place of birth
  4. (id city) current city

table 2:

  1. id city
  2. city

anyone can help?


Solution

  • try with Merge Join (using id city as key) http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/Merge+Join